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Gone “Swirling” Today!
Artist rendering by Adam Reid Janusz (this was ALMOST the book cover for SWIRLING). I kept it because I just love looking that that hot black chick about to devour something delicious. 
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Keeping the Race Together or Keeping You Under Control?
Christelyn’s new book is on the threshold of release as I’m typing this. And with that news comes the necessary promotion and word spreading you expect while trying to get a product out there to consumers. There was a link to one such feature that had the predictable bit of grumbling and talking points. You know, the lie-filled scare tactics that never fail to come up when black women even think about expanding their dating options.
In any case, one particular sentiment stood out to me…
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Take a Look and Listen: Book Review and Podcast with ‘Cocoa Fly’
did this interview after my bedtime, so I’m pretty proud that I remained conscious.
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“Swirling” and BB&W Made it in Canada’s LEADING News Magazine–a Whole DANG Page!!
You’ll have to squint to read this, or get your old-lady monocle out, because we won’t be able to see the article in full until next week. But here’s what you need to know: Maclean’s, Canada’s leading and most-circulated weekly magazine (it’s like our TIME magazine) LOVES “Swirling,” the blog, and thinks you single black women should move the heck up there. And guess what? My buddies at Chonilla got a great quote in, too!
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Groundbreaking Columbia Study: Fear and Stereotypes keep Black Women out of Interracial Marriage
Black women in America are more likely to be unmarried than women of other races. They are also least likely to marry men outside of their race although a Pew Research Center report suggests that interracial marriage has more than doubled since 1980.
Released in February 2012, the report suggests that there are specific gender variations within some racial groups. Asian women are twice as likely to marry out as Asian men and Black males are more than twice as likely to marry out as their female counterparts.
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SheKnows.com: Four Truths About Interracial Relationships
The folks at SheKnows.com asked me to lend them some wisdom on the oft studied, oft misunderstood, oft discussed, oft debated tangle of that, that, and the other regarding interracial relationships.
Here’s a bit:
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Stila, Vaska, Barleans, SENNA, Anatasia Beverly Hills and More Wanna Make Sure You’re “First Date Ready” at L.A. “Swirling” Book Signing!
After May 15, I’ll be expecting to be on your Christmas, Kwanza and Hannukah cards because the mother of all book signings is happening in Los Angeles, and boy oh boy, we’ve got some goodies for only the first 25 people who arrive at Eso Wan book store–you know that one, where BARACK OBAMA and BILL CLINTON came down from Heaven to sign their books. And because I know people, I’ve got some folks really, REALLY excited about getting all of your First Date Ready (FDR). We want you to be FDR inside AND out, so get a relationships book like “Swirling” to get your mind right, and I’ll take care of the rest.
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JC Davies’ Book Review: “New Book for Sistahs and the Men Who Wanna Love Them”
“…And even after my own 20-plus years of interracial dating, four years of full-time research, and writing a book on the topic, there were things in Swirling that I hadn’t heard before.”
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“Swirling” Chapter Excerpt: “What Do I Do If My Partner’s Parents Think Our Interracial Relationship is a Sin?”
This one is serious, so no silly sound effects. This is a real note, for a real person, so I want to be sensitive to how she might be feeling. It’s one thing to face rejection because of skin color, but it’s a whole other thing for folks to hide behind “religion to justify bigotry. In this video, I give the writer some tips on how to deal with it, identify red flags and how to talk to her mate about the situation. We go into a lot of details about these situations in “Swirling,” but I’ll share just a little bit here:
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‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Moment’ Chapter in “Swirling” Book Excerpt in HITCHED!
My Guess Who? moment with my husband was a disaster. In fact, the whole ordeal broke us up for a while.
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BB&W Exclusive Video: Janice Littlejohn and Actress/Author Diane Farr Talk “Swirling”
Diane Farr sat down with Beyond Black & White at the “Los Angeles Times” book festival last week. Take a listen on what this actress has to say about swirling couples and their representations in Hollywood.
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“Swirling” Video Book Reading: Let’s Talk People Who Stare At Interracial Couples!
BB&W Exclusive: “Thelma” from “Good Times” Talks Black Women & Interracial Relationships
If were born in the 60′s and 70′s, you know this woman, and chances are, you wanted to BE this woman.
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